[Nmh-workers] [PATCH] mhshow: suppress pause actions if stdout isn't a tty

[Paul Fox]

previously, "mhshow | cat" would both print a "Press return" prompt
to, and attempt to read from, its piped output fd.
---
 uip/mhshowsbr.c |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/uip/mhshowsbr.c b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
index c60acb9..5abd67d 100644
--- a/uip/mhshowsbr.c
+++ b/uip/mhshowsbr.c
@@ -533,11 +533,11 @@ show_content_aux2 (CT ct, int serial, int alternate, char 
*cracked, char *buffer
        else
            list_switch (ct, -1, 1, 0, 0);
 
-       if (xpause && SOprintf ("Press <return> to show content..."))
-           printf ("Press <return> to show content...");
-
-       if (xpause) {
+       if (xpause && isatty (fileno (stdout))) {
            int intr;
+
+           if (SOprintf ("Press <return> to show content..."))
+               printf ("Press <return> to show content...");
            SIGNAL_HANDLER istat;
 
            istat = SIGNAL (SIGINT, intrser);
-- 
1.7.4.1



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 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 32.9 degrees)